Monday Music Quote: Diana Krall

 So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear.

Diana Krall

Pick Yourself Up Lyrics

Nothings impossible I have found For when my chin is on the ground I pick myself up, dust myself off, start all over again Don't lose your confidence if you slip Be grateful for a pleasant trip And pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start all over again Work like a soul inspired till the battle of the day is won You may be sick and tired but you'll be a man my son Don't you remember the famous men who had to fall to rise again? They picked themselves up, dust themselves off and started all over again
 

Pick Yourself Up

Words & Music by Dorothy Fields & Jerome Kern
Recorded by Fred Astaire, 1936*
From the movie "Swing Time"

 Em7         A7     DM7       Bm7
Nothing's impossible I have found, 

   C#m7-5   F#7   Bm7-5      E7
For when my chin is on the ground, 

  A7sus4      A7   F#m7       B7    Em7      A7     D
I pick myself up, dust myself off, start all over again. 


Em7             A7         DM7     Bm7
Don't lose your confidence if you slip, 

   C#m7-5   F#7   Bm7-5     E7
Be grateful for a pleasant trip, 

   A7sus4         A7  F#m7           B7       Em7      A7     D
And pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again. 


Bridge:

E           A9      E              G     G/F#    Em7 B7  E
Work like a soul inspired 'til the battle of the day is won. 

G          C        G           A            E7      A   A7
You may be sick and tired, but stick til the job is done! 



Em7        A7         DM7    Bm7
Will you remember the famous men 

   C#m7-5  F#7     Bm7-5  E7
Who had to fall to rise again? 

 A7sus4       A7  F#m7           B7       Em7      A7     D
Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.


Repeat Bridge:

Em7        A7         DM7    Bm7
Will you remember the famous men 

   C#m7-5  F#7     Bm7-5  E7
Who had to fall to rise again? 

  A7sus4         A7   Em7  A7 Gdim          B7  Cdim   B7
So take a deep breath,        pick yourself up, 

A7sus4        A7    Em7      A7      D
Dust yourself off, start all over again. 

 

Have a wonderful day to day on my birthday! :) 
Thank you as always dear readers. 
"Jazz washes away the dust of every day life." -- Art Blakey

3 Easy Steps to Teach Yourself to Play Jazz

Portrait of Stan Kenton, New York, N.Y.

"Caption from Down Beat: Boyd Raeburn and Stan Kenton: Leaders in the trend towards "modernism" in jazz are, unquestionably, Boyd & Stan. Boyd, the enfant terrible of the movement, made a surprise four-day visit to New York from the Coast for no better reason than that his backer happened to have had a $300 credit with an air line. At the moment, Boyd hasn't actually got a band; but he does have that backer. Soon as a location is wrangled, the Boyd will fly. Stan, meanwhile, is killing them with his Artistry album and winning most of the crowns that last year went to Woody Herman. "

Kenton, Stan
Stan Kenton Orchestra
Jazz musicians--1940-1950.
Conductors (Music)--1940-1950.
Pianists--1940-1950

Introduction to Jazz

 Step 1 - Blue Notes

Blue Notes are typically the lowered 3rd, 7th and sometimes 5th degree of a chord. The jazz sound begins by using blue notes.

Example:

C7 = E to Bb to E
F7 = Eb to A to Eb
G7 = F to B to F


Step 2 - The Jazz Chord

Create a jazz chord sound by using blue notes. Play each chord several times.

C7 = C/BbE

F = F/ AEb

G7 = G/BF

C7 = C/BbE

Step 3 - The Jazz Feel

Rhythms in jazz are most important. They are what makes jazz swing.
Practice the following examples several times, and experiment with a "loose" or "jazz" feel. These jazz notes, chords and rhythms are combined  in Straight Ahead.

C7 = C/BbE then play  (r.h. single notes D#, E, C, D)
F7 = F/AEb  then play (r.h. single notes Gb, G, F, Eb, C)
G7 = G/BF then play (r.h. single notes C, C#, D)
C7 = C/BbE, then C/BbG then play (r.h. single notes D#, E, G, E)
F7 = F/AEb, then C/AEb, then play (l.h. single notes Ab, Eb, D, C)
C7 = C/BbE, then B/Eb, then Bb/D, then A/C
G7 = G/BF, then Ab/Eb to C, then G/D then C/C... ending C/DF#A

 I'm reading this very cool book called teach Yourself Jazz by Bert Konowitz. The credit to this article goes to him.


"Jazz washes away the dust of every day life." -- Art Blakey

Monday Music Quote: Dave Brubeck

 “When Brubeck chauffeured Milhaud, who didn’t drive, to the 1947 premiere, the composer pushed the young musician to, as he said, ‘be true to your instincts’ and ‘sound like who you really are.’”

---

Dave Brubeck

David Warren Brubeck (born December 6, 1920 in Concord, California), better known as Dave Brubeck, is a U.S. jazz pianist. Often regarded as a genius in his field, he has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. Much of his music employs unusual time signatures.
His long-time musical partner, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, wrote the quartet's most famous piece, "Take Five", which is in 5/4 time. Brubeck experimented with time signatures through much of his career, recording "Pick Up Sticks" in 6/4, "Unsquare Dance" in 7/4, and "Blue Rondo à la Turk" in 9/8, an experimentation begun with his attempts to put music to the odd rhythms generated by various machines around him on his parents' cattle ranch in a small town in the western United States.

Take 5

 Dave Brubeck's classic, Take 5 uses only two chords throughout, for both the main melody and the subsequent improvisations. It's in a minor key (we've chosen F here, but the original the more challenging Eb) and the whole piece rocks back and forth between chords I and V of the scale - F and C, only instead of the traditional major chord on the fifth, we have instead a minor 7th.

So the resulting pattern is F minor - Cminor7

The next step of course is to add the famous five-in-a-bar pattern, giving three beats to F minor and two to C minor.

Melody and improvisation

The main tune (and most of the improvisation that follows) uses a traditional blues scale - here it is in F.

The key to making a convincing Take 5 sound is to move around the notes of the blues scale using the dotted rhythm found in the accompaniment. I've notated a short extract, the midi file has a longer example. 

Daves alto saxopbonist
-- comp. Paul Desmond, 1960

-- fingerstyle rhythm guitar "arrangement": tcg

	tbink 1, 2, 3, 1, 2
-- 5/4	// Key of Am (CM) // Allegro

INTRO:

	-----
	Am7                        Em9   Em9

||---------.----------.------2=====2------||    [3 different voicing-
 ||---------5----------5------3=====3------||     versions of Am7-Em9 will
 ||o--------5----------5------4=====4-----o||     be given eventually; feel
 ||o--------5----------5------------------o||     free to interchange these
 ||----------------------------------------||     at will. . . .]
 ||----5----------5-----------0-----3------||

	rbytbmic motif sim tbruout-->
duh  DAH   duh  DAH    DAH   DAH

	--.-- = staccato
1    & (2) &    3      1     2

A PART:

-------                                                           [<--repeat]

Am7 Em9 Am7 Em9 Am7 Em9 Am7 Em9

||---.---.---------|----.---.---------|----.---.---------|----.---.--------||
 ||---5---5--3==3---|----5---5--3==3---|----5---5--7==7---|----5---5--3==3--||
 ||o--5---5--4==4---|----5---5--4==4---|----5---5--7==7---|----5---5--4==4-o||
 ||o--5---5--4==4---|----5---5--4==4---|----5---5--5==5---|----5---5--4==4-o||
 ||-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
 ||-5---5----0--3---|--5---5----0--3---|--5---5----7--0---|--5---5----0--3--||

B PART:

--------

FM7

Dm6

Em7

Am7

Dm7

G7

CM7

Dm7

Em7

||----.----.-------|----.---.---------|----.---.---------|----.---.--.--.---|
 ||---10---10----10-|----8---8-----5---|----6---6-----3---|----5---5--6--8---|
 ||----9----9----10-|----7---7-----5---|----5---5-----4---|----4---4--5--7---|
 ||---10---10-----9-|----9---9-----5---|----7---7-----3---|----5---5--7--9---|
 ||-8----8----------|--7---7-----------|--5---5-----------|--3---3-----------|
 ||----------10==10-|-----------5==5---|-----------3==3---|-----------5--7---|

	->A part
D.C.

FM7

Dm6

Em7

Am7

Dm7

G7

Bm7b5

E7

|----.----.--------|----.---.---------|----.---.---------|----.---.--.--.--||
 |---10---10----10--|----8---8-----5---|----6---6-----3---|----6---6--5--5--||
 |----9----9----10--|----7---7-----5---|----5---5-----4---|----7---7--7--7--||
 |---10---10-----9--|----9---9-----5---|----7---7-----3---|----7---7--6--6--||
 |-8----8-----------|--7---7-----------|--5---5-----------|-----------7--7--||
 |----------10==10--|-----------5==5---|-----------3==3---|--7---7----------||

Possible SEQUENCE:

I-A*-B*-(A-B-)-"A"[extended/long improv]-A*-B*-I(fade out)...

 I have always loved this song. It seems the rest of the world does, too. How about you?!

Have a heart that never hardens and a touch that never hurts. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

Monday Music Quote: Billy Joel

 “Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair. . . .
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are.”

 “If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.”

“In every heart there is a room
A sanctuary safe and strong
To heal the wounds from lovers past
Until a new one comes along.”

 “Slow down you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be
Before your time.”

“I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I'll take the bad times, I'll take you just the way you are.”

He is known as the "Piano Man", and not only because that happens to be the name of one of his many legendary songs. When it comes to musicians and songwriters in the world of pop and rock, it's hard to find anyone who has done more with the piano than Billy Joel. One of the main traits of his playing and songwriting is its diversity, running from old fashioned rock and roll and pop, to ballads more influenced by traditional forms. With his songs covering all of the bases of pop piano, you can really get a crash course in a number of different styles and genres, just by exploring his work! As varied as his songs are, though, the more you play and listen to them the more clearly you'll be able to see a certain signature Billy Joel style that comes through in every song.

Intro
G   C\G   D*   C Cmaj D(X2)


     G   D          Em          C
It's 4 o'clock on a Saturday
                           D 
The regular crowd shuffles in
           G      D        Em        
There's an old man sitting next to me
       C           D         G   C\G   D*   
Making love to his tonic and gin


C Cmaj7 D G            D         Em
He says, "Son, can you play me a memory?
C                          D
I'm not really sure how it goes,
         G            D           Em
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
C             D             G
When I wore a younger man's clothes"
    Em             A7
Oh, la da da ditty da, 
Em7         D      D D7 G\D D
La da ditty da da dum

Chorus:
G         D                Em
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
C                D
Sing us a song tonight
             G          D          Em
'Cause we're all in the mood for a melody
    C             D           G   C\G   D*   C Cmaj7 D 
And you've got us feeling all right
G   C\G   D*   C Cmaj7 D

2.Now Tom at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or a light up your smoke,
But there's some place that's he'd rather be

He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me,"
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place."
Oh, la da da ditty da
La da ditty da da dum

(Chorus)

3.Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who Never had time for a wife
And he's talking to Davy who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life

And the Waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call Lonliness,
But it's better than drinking alone
(Piano Solo)Em  Em7  A7  C  Em  Em7  A7  A7  D  D7  G\D  D

(Chorus)

4.It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see
To forget about life for awhile

And the piano sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, whatta you doin' here?"
Oh, la da da ditty da
La da ditty da da dum

(Chorus play last few chords slowly)

Billy Joel Tabs

 Piano Man Chords

G11    C     Em/B       Am       C/G     F       C/E            D7
   Its nine o'clock on a Saturday   The   regular crowd shuffles in
 
G            C       Em/B       Am         C/G      F           G11       C
   There's an old man    sitting next to me   making love to his tonic and gin
 
C F/C CMaJ7 G11         C           Em/B      Am     C/G     F          C/E         
D7
                He says son can you play me a memory   I'm    not really sure
how it goes
 
        C           Em/B        Am      C/G           F        G11          C
But its sad and its sweet and I knew it complete when I wore a younger mans
clothes
 
Chorus;
 
Am       AmG       D7/F#      F  Am      Am/G          D7/F#     D7   G   G/F
Da da da     de de Da               dada          dede da          da da
 
 
C/E  G7/D   C         Em/B          Am        C/G      F         C/E       D7
            Sing us a song your the piano man          Sing us a song     
tonight
 
G           C          Em/B       Am     C/G         F            G11         C
  Well were all in the mood for a melody         and you've got us feeling all
right
F/C  Cmaj7     {1,2,3,4 G11}

Lyrics and Chords

Artist Billy Joel

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin

/ C Em Am C / F C D7 G / 1st / F G C - /

He says, "Son can you play me a memory
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes"

{Bridge}
La la-la di-di da
La-la di-di da, da dum

/ Am - D7 F / Am - D7 - G - - - /

Gunther Anderson

Piano Man

Billy Joel

(wu) = bass walk-up from G to C

(wd) = bass walk-down from C to Am

/ C - - / Em/B - - / Am - - / C/G - - /

/ F - - / C/E - - / D7 - - / G (wu) – - /

/ C - - / Em/B - - / Am - - / C/G - - /

/ F - - / G - - / C - - / F - - / Gsus4 - - / F(wd) /

/ C - - / F - - / Gsus4 - - / F(wd) /

C                Em/B     Am        C/G

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday

      F            C/E                D7   G(wu)
The regular crowd shuffles in

                C        Em/B      Am         C/G
There's an old man sitting next to me

           F              G            C (x2)
Makin' love to his tonic and gin

/ C - - / Em/B - - / Am - - / C/G - - /

/ F - - / G - - / C - - / - - - / F/C - - / - - - /

                C                   Em/B       Am      C/G
He says, "Son, can you play me a memory

      F             C/E            D7   G(wu)
I'm not really sure how it goes

      C                        Em/B        Am          C/G
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete

        F              G                     C        C(wd)
When I wore a younger man’s clothes"

Am   Am/G           D7/F#  F
La la la,     de de da

Am   Am/G           D7/F# (x2)       G   G/F  C/E  G7/D

La la,         de de da               da dum

Chorus:

C             Em/B                 Am          C/G
Sing us a song, you're the piano man

F             C/E       D7   G(wu)
Sing us a song tonight

                  C             Em/B      Am          C/G
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody

          F                 G         C (x2)
And you've got us feelin' alright

/ C - - / Em/B - - / Am - - / C/G - - /

/ F - - / G - - / C - - / - - - / F/C - - / - - - /

       C                Em/B     Am             C/G
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine

      F               C/E           D7   G(wu)
He gets me my drinks for free

                C              Em/B      Am                 C/G
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke

                   F                   G                C (x2)  F/C (x2)
But there's someplace that he'd rather be

                C          Em/B         Am           C/G
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."

             F              C/E            D7   G(wu)
As the smile ran away from his face

                C              Em/B       Am          C/G
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star

   F                G                 C        C(wd)
If I could get out of this place"

Am   Am/G           D7/F#  F
La la la,     de de da

Am   Am/G           D7/F# (x2)       G   G/F  C/E  G7/D

La la,         de de da               da dum

         C          Em/B        Am      C/G
Now Paul is a real estate novelist

           F           C/E          D7   G(wu)
Who never had time for a wife

              C               Em/B        Am               C/G
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the navy

           F         G            C (x2)
And probably will be for life

/ C - - / Em/B - - / Am - - / C/G - - /

/ F - - / G - - / C - - / - - - / F/C - - / - - - /

               C               Em/B     Am      C/G
And the waitress is practicing politics

            F                  C/E           D7   G(wu)
As the businessmen slowly get stoned

                      C         Em/B            Am          C/G
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness

             F               G            C (x2)
But it's better than drinkin' alone

Instrumental:

Am   Am/G           D7/F#  F
Am   Am/G           D7/F#  F

Am   Am/G           D7/F# (x2)       G   G/F  C/E  G7/D

Chorus

/ C - - / Em/B - - / Am - - / C/G - - /

/ F - - / G - - / C - - / F - - / Gsus4 - - / F(wd) /

/ C - - / F - - / Gsus4 - - / F(wd) /

           C                Em/B       Am       C/G
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday

               F           C/E             D7   G(wu)
And the manager gives me a smile

                  C                  Em/B               Am             C/G
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see

          F              G            C (x2)   F/C (x2)
To forget about life for a while

               C            Em/B        Am       C/G
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival

                F                 C/E           D7   G(wu)
And the microphone smells like a beer

               C            Em/B          Am            C/G
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar

                  F                    G             C (x2)
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"

Am   Am/G           D7/F#  F
La la la,     de de da

Am   Am/G           D7/F# (x2)       G   G/F  C/E  G7/D

La la,         de de da               da dum

Chorus

/ C - - / Em/B - - / Am - - / C/G - - /

/ F - - / G - - / C - - / F - - / Gsus4 - - / F(wd) /

/ C - - / F - - / Gsus4 - - / F(wd) / C (hold)

Piano Man by Billy Joel

Piano Man

Billy Joel

	C	G	F	C
It's	nine o'	clock on a	saturday

	F	C/E	D7	G
the	regular	crowd shuffles	in

	C	G	F	C/G
There's an	old man	sitting	next to me

	F	G11	C	F/C	Cmaj7	G11
Makin'	love to his	tonic and	gin

	C	G	F	C/G
He says "	Son can you	play me a	memory	?

	F	C/E	D7	G
I'm	not really	sure how it	goes

	C	G	F	C/G
But it's	sad and it's	sweet and I	knew it com	plete

	F	G11	C
when	I wore a	younger man's	clothes"

	Am	Am/G	D7/F#	F	Am
	Da da da	de de	da

	Am/G	D7/F#	D7	G	G/F	C/E	G7/D
da da	de de		da da	da

	C	G	F	C/G
	Sing us a	song, you're the	piano man,

	F	C/E	D7	G
	sing us a	song to	night

	C	G	F
Well we're	all in the	mood for a	melody

	C/G	F	G11	C	F/C	Cmaj7	G11
	and	you've got us	feeling all	right

	C	G	F	C
Now	John at the	bar is a	friend of mine,

	F	C/E	D7	G
he	gets me my	drinks for	free

	C	G	F	C/G
And he's	quick with a	joke or to	light up your	smoke,

	F	G11	C	F/C	Cmaj7	G11
but there's	some place that	he'd rather	be

	C	G	F	C/G
He says "	Bill I be	lieve this is	killing me"

	F	C/E	D7	G
As a	smile ran a	way from his	face

	C	G	F	C/G
"Well I'm	sure that I	could be a	movie	star

	F	G11	C
If	I could get	out of this	place"

Chorus

	C	G	F	C
Now	Paul is a	real estate	novelist

	F	C/E	D7	G
who	never had	time for a	wife

	C	G	F	C/G
And he's	talking with	Davy, who's	still in the	Navy,

	F	G11	C	F/C	Cmaj7	G11
and	probably	will be for	life

	C	G	G
And the	waitress is	practicing	politics,

	C/G	F	C/E	D7	G
	as the	businessmen	slowly get	stoned

	C	G	F	C/G
Yes they're	sharing a	drink they call	loneli	ness,

	F	G11	C
but it's	better than	drinking a	lone

Chorus

	C	G	F	C
It's a	pretty good	crowd for a	saturday

	F	C/E	D7	G
and the	manager	gives me a	smile

	C	G	F	C/G
`Cause he	knows that it's	me that they've been	coming to	see

	F	G11	C	F/C	Cmaj7	G11
To for	get about	life for a	while

	C	G	F	C/G
And the	piano	sounds like a	carnival

	F	C/E	D7	G
and the	microphone	smells like a	beer

	C	G	F	C/G
And they	sit at the	bar and put	bread in my	jar

	F	G11	C
and say "	Man what are	you doing	here ?"

Isn't he great?! Love Billy Joel! :)

-- LadyD Have a heart that never hardens and a touch that never hurts. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

Monday Music Quote: B. B. King

Welcome to Monday Music Quotes!


Here's mine... what's yours?

"I walk a block or two, and then I sit and see nature, watch people and what God has done."

-- B. B. King, 83-year-old music legend and 14 time Grammy winner, when asked how far he walks each day.

Chord Chart to The Thrill Is Gone

Bm
       Thrill is gone

       Thrill is gone away
        G7
       Thrill is gone baby
        Bm
       Thrill is gone away
        G7              F#7
       Know you done me wrong
                 Bm
       You'll be sorry some day


        Bm
       Thrill is gone

       The thrill is gone away from me
        G7
       Thrill is gone

       The thrill is gone away from me 
        G7                F#7 
       Oh I'll still live on baby
                Bm
       But so lonely I'll be


        Bm
       Thrill is gone

       Thrill is gone for good
        G7
       Oh the thrill is gone baby
        Bm
       It's gone away for good
        G7                          F#7
       Some day I know I'll be open baby
        Bm
       Like I know I should


        Bm
       I'm free now baby

       I'm free from your spell
        G7
       Free, free, free, now baby
        Bm
       Baby I'm free from your spell
        G7              F#7
       Now that its all over
             Bm
       All I can do is wish you well


        Bm
       Thrill is gone

       Thrill is gone away for good
        Bm
       Thrill is gone baby
        Bm
       Thrill is gone away for good

       Know you done me wrong baby 
        Bm
       You'll be sorry some day
        Bm
       The thrill is gone 

       I'm free from your spell......(fade) 

Chord Chart to B.B. King's popular song

The Thrill Is Gone To Relative Major Pentatonic

by  homecookedblues

"THE THRILL IS GONE"

 


I would have liked the keys cranked up a bit more but good job laying on the chords.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5kgdgMnvt4&feature=related
 
-- LadyD Have a heart that never hardens and a touch that never hurts. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

Amazing Grace

One of my favorite songs is Amazing Grace. I have played it with gospel chords and here I used some jazz chords for a different sound. I'm thinking I should follow up with a tutorial next time and post the chords. Do you have a favorite song with a special style of playing it?




My friend, Yoke Wong, wrote a great article about practicing the piano.

How Do I Find Time To Practice?

"Would you like to know the answer? Piano practice
sessions do not need to be long.
Have you heard of the 7/20 rule? It's seven
repetitions for 20 minutes. If you can't play
something seven times in a row without making
mistakes, the section is probably too big for you
to work on. Also, 20 minutes is the limit of your
full concentration. After you practice for 20
minutes, you can take a break.

You should always be clear on your short- and
long-term piano goals. Knowing your goals will
help motivate you to practice. A short-term goal
might be that you want to play Rhapsody in Blue
and have it mastered and memorized by Feb. 1st.

A long-term goal might be that you want an active
repertoire of four pieces in 2011 or that you want
to sight-read anything at tempo. So, your
short-range goals determine what you play this
week, this month, but those short-range goals
should always help you move towards your
long-range goals.

The way many pianists typically learn is from the
beginning, the first section/introduction. When
they're fairly accomplished, they dive into the
second section. The second section is never
learned as well as the first. The third section
(save us!) is a disaster! Does this sound like
you?

If so, I advise you to start to learn a new piece
someplace other than the opening section. How
about the middle section? Or the end?

Are you ready to make a good start for this year?"...

Yoke Wong offers a great music dvd resource for playing hymns.


Become A Better Church Pianist Now!


Learn How To Play Hymns Using Color Chords


& Exciting Runs & Fillers

www.PianoArrangement.com




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Monday Music Quote: Beethoven

Happy New Year and Welcome to Monday Music Quote Meme! 

Monday Music Quote:

Please feel free to grab the button and create your own post.

Add as many quotes as you wish, from whom ever you wish. It can even be lyrics to a song.

Just tell us who it is. Anonymous welcome too.

And please leave your link.

Here's mine:

"Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life."  ~Ludwig van Beethoven

I wrote an article for an online magazine about Beethoven. You might want to take a peep at:
http://www.fortitudemagazine.com/beethoven-love-of-nature-353


Do you have a favorite Beethoven song? I wonder how many would say Fur Elise...


I have a feeling it’s going to be a fabulous year.

Here’s to a year filled with unending joy.

Piano Diana

-- LadyD Have a heart that never hardens and a touch that never hurts. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

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